cam bairings from a mk3 gti 16v

[gazman1011]

hi, i thought i might get away with this a little longer, but my cam bairings are going, things getting very loud now. lol. how much am i looking at to replace them.

also while im here, i PAS keeps getting hard but it only seems like this wen its wet, i just had a new belt fitted, wat can i do to stop it.

[rubjonny]

if it really is cam bearings you have to replace the whole head, are you sure its not a tappet issue?

check if you have the splash cover fitted, if not get down scrappy and pinch one

[gazman1011]

im not to sure on the tappet issue, but its sounds like a rattle, so how much for a whole new cam kit?

and yea its got a over on it.

[rubjonny]

gsf sell tappets, you'll need 16 of em. id assume its tappets rattling and not the cam caps.  has it had an oil change recent, if so what spec did you use and what oil filter

[gazman1011]

it had an oil chane few month ago but dont know wat oil or filter he uised sorry

[danny_p]

splash cover ??   the 16v's don't have a splash cover over the cams like an 8 valve dose.

if its ratteling it'll be cam chain or tappets.   cam bearings don't fail unless they have been oil starved to wear them out you'll 1/2 way through your 3rd set of main bearings. as compared to the other bearings there not under much load 

[Mew]

splash cover ??   the 16v's don't have a splash cover over the cams like an 8 valve dose.

For the PS pump

[danny_p]

ah that plastic cover the one that 99% of mk2's don't have

[rubjonny]

yarg that was for the 2nd part of zee question
whats the tension like on the PAS belt, I set em to about 5mm of deflection.

if it is the tappets some have tried putting in a litre of ATF into the engine oil, it helps clean out the oilways and can sometimes restore noisy tappets. does the rattle get any quieter after the engine has warmed up a bit?  Also get a screwdriver and put the blunt end to your ear, press t'other end to various parts of the cam cover till you narrow down where its coming from. if right at the passenger end of the head its probably the cam chain

[gazman1011]

yarg that was for the 2nd part of zee question
whats the tension like on the PAS belt, I set em to about 5mm of deflection.

if it is the tappets some have tried putting in a litre of ATF into the engine oil, it helps clean out the oilways and can sometimes restore noisy tappets. does the rattle get any quieter after the engine has warmed up a bit?  Also get a screwdriver and put the blunt end to your ear, press t'other end to various parts of the cam cover till you narrow down where its coming from. if right at the passenger end of the head its probably the cam chain

hi all the noise is from the passenget side!